Brazil Protein Supreme Repair Moisturizing Cream (250 g) is the conditioning step of the Supreme Repair line, printed for dry and chemically treated hair. Its own directions call it the conditioner: apply after shampoo, wait a few minutes, rinse, or use it to detangle. Castor oil and vitamin E are named on the front and on the list, at 8th and 5th. The wash before it is the Supreme Repair Shampoo 300 ml.

What the ingredient list shows

The list is a conditioning base: cetearyl alcohol and behentrimonium methosulfate come 2nd and 3rd, which is what gives a rinse-out cream its slip. The oils follow early: linseed 6th, avocado 7th, castor 8th, babassu 11th, with murumuru butter 14th. The directions say a few minutes, so the lever is yours: how long it stays on within that, and whether you comb through it.

Key ingredients

From the complete ingredient list

• Ricinus Communis Seed Oil: castor oil; 8th on the list.
• Tocopheryl Acetate: vitamin E ester; 5th. Tocopherol follows at 23rd.
• Behentrimonium Methosulfate: the conditioning agent, 3rd.
• Linum Usitatissimum Seed Oil: linseed oil, 6th.
• Persea Gratissima Oil: avocado oil, 7th.
• Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter: murumuru butter, 14th.

Complete list:
Aqua, Cetearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Paraffinum Liquidum, Tocopheryl Acetate,
Linum Usitatissimum Seed Oil, Persea Gratissima Oil, Ricinus Communis Seed Oil, Divinyldimethicone/Dimethicone Copolymer, Benzyl Alcohol,
Orbignya Speciosa Kernel Oil, Parfum, PEG-12 Dimethicone, Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter, Disodium EDTA,
BHT, Ethylhexylglycerin, C12-13 Alketh-23, C12-13 Alketh-3, Phenoxyethanol,
Citric Acid, Polyquaternium-7, Tocopherol, Sodium Benzoate, Benzoic Acid,
Hexyl Cinnamal, Linalool.

What to expect

Softer lengths that comb through easily after washing. That is what a rinse-out cream of this kind does, and it is all we promise on its behalf.

Who it is for

• Dry and chemically treated hair, as the front prints it
• The second step after the shampoo of the same line
• Clients whose lengths tangle after colour or a chemical service: the tub offers it as a detangler

Who it is not for

• Clients sensitive to hexyl cinnamal or linalool, both declared at the end of the list
• Anyone wanting a leave-in: the directions say rinse
• Anyone expecting a repair treatment: Supreme Repair is the line name

Professional tip

The cue is the hair, not the clock. When the lengths feel slippery under the comb, it has done its work: rinse. We would rather you rinse on that signal than leave it longer hoping for more.

How to use

The tub prints one five-language block and no EU sticker. Method A is its English; Method B is how we would work it in the chair.

Method A: the manufacturer's directions

1. After washing your hair with shampoo, apply the conditioner, wait a few minutes and rinse.
2. If you prefer, use it to untangle your hair, rinse completely and style as usual.

Method B: the Brazilian method (salon practice)

Salon practice, not a step printed on the pack.

1. After the shampoo of the line, squeeze the water out of the lengths.
2. Take a walnut-sized amount from the tub with clean, dry fingers: water in the tub shortens its life.
3. Mid-lengths and ends, section by section on thick hair.
4. Leave it the few minutes of Method A.
5. Detangle while it is in, with a wide-tooth comb from the ends upward; then rinse completely and style as usual.

Where it fits in the Brazil Protein range

In its line, this cream sits beside the Supreme Repair Shampoo 300 ml; the two are sold together as the Supreme Repair Home Care Duo. The other home-care lines say on their own fronts who they are for. The Nutrition Power Detox Conditioner reads mixed and oily hair; the Blond Vegan Conditioner reads blond, coloured and grey hair. The Day by Day Shampoo completes the Brazil Protein home care range, and everything is on the Brazil Protein brand page.

Precautions for use

Care
Applies to: shampoo, conditioner, masks, treatments, leave-in, oils, serums, non-aerosol heat protectants and scalp care.

• For external use only, on hair and scalp, as directed.
• Avoid contact with eyes. Rinse immediately with water if contact occurs.
• Do not use on an irritated or damaged scalp, or in case of a known allergy to one of the ingredients.
• Stop and rinse out if redness, itching or irritation occurs.
• Salon sizes marked for professional use are applied by a hairdresser only.
• Keep out of reach of children. Do not swallow.
• Store closed, cool and dry, away from sunlight. After opening, use within the period shown on the pack.

Always read the label and the instructions of the product itself.